17 Winners Of The Greatest Photoshop Battles Ever

Photoshop creators turn in their graves knowing that the software no longer serves its initial purpose – to make celebs look flawless and to replace diet and exercise as the most efficient weight trimmer. Instead, the art of photo editing has fallen in the hands of a strange breed of warriors.

The fight is over who can take a viral photo and add the most mind-bending Photoshop twist to it. Mercy doesn’t exist in the vocabulary of this fierce pixel benders. Check out 17 winning designs and our humble attempts to become art critics!

1. Trump Closing His Pen

The picture of Trump closing his pen opened a Pandora’s Box of Photoshop possibilities.

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We know you’re excited to see what photo manipulation won the battle. However, force your mind to come up with your very own hilarious scenario before scrolling all the way down.

“Common, make oil!” Trump playing with tiny toy dinosaurs is probably the cutest thing the Internet offered us recently.

The American president didn’t withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement without thinking it all the way through. His plan is to repopulate the Earth with dinosaurs, kill them, turned them into oil, and fill the car tanks of the ones who voted him.

Or maybe the billionaire is still a kid at heart and plays with his favorite toys in between his Oval Office duties. Tell us, Donald, why does the orange T-Rex always has to win?

2. Elastic Cat

That woman advertising the elasticity of her cat was begging for Photoshop wizards to show up and work their magic wand.

The result was even better than the odd demonstration performed at a Ukrainian cat show. Are you curious?

The alternate reality of the “Hunger Games” works to explain while our once chubby felines ended up like that. When districts fight each over bread, there is no food left for the cats.

Evolution changed the noble and obese creatures beyond recognition. Their bodies slimmed down and became aerodynamic, which, in turn, determined Katniss Everdeen and the gang to use them as arrows. It’s simple economics!

Still stuck at the first photo, right? Our warning is straightforward. Don’t try it at home with your pet!

4. Unimpressed Dog Driver

The unimpressed dog driver was without any editing a masterpiece of pet photography.

Thoughts hit you hard when you are van driver stuck in city traffic for the most of your existence. This former “good boy” was so immersed in meditation that he ran a red light, and now has to pay the consequences.

“Sir put on your leash and step out of the vehicle!” Performing a mannequin challenge never worked! The officer who pulled you over will not let you go easily.

“Put your paws where I can see them! Don’t even think to bite.” Unfortunately, it’s straight to the dog shelter for this fellow. His days of reckless driving are over, and the pedestrian cats finally found relief.

5. Hugh Jackman Trapped In A Car

Freezing your favorite movie often pulls out of context scenes that are practically begging for funny misinterpretations.

Take this one from “Logan.” Wolverine looks miserable as a limousine driver, and there is no clue in sight of the bloodshed about to happen later.

Geeks of Photoshop snapped their fingers and produced a devilish alternative storyline to the Marvel blockbuster. Hugh Jackman plays the role of a toddler or pet locked inside a vehicle, anxiously waiting for his caretakers to return from shopping.

As funny as it, the editing missed a crucial point – the artist should have removed the hands, which are clearly outside the car. Keeping the A/C on and the window down makes no sense.

6. Donald Trump Cozy Bedroom Candid

Trump winning the presidential elections turned him into an easy target.

When people are not thrashing Trump’s political nonsense, they are busy photoshopping pictures of him, creating a brand new artistic current. Can you guess what they did to his bedroom shot, in which the billionaire model is in nothing but a bathrobe?

Even supporters of Trump have to admit this is hilarious. The scene where two political leaders of such a magnitude are gazing at each other means only one thing – world peace.

Let’s not get too political about this Photoshop battle. Rumors and controversies surrounded the Commander-in-Chief since forever. When Bill Clinton was around, no one had to add Monica Lewinski digitally in the landscape.

7. German Shepherd Walking On Water

In this day and age of pixel manipulation, differentiating between miracles and Photoshop forgery is close to impossible.

Even the original raises a few eyebrows. Is the German shepherd walking on an ice lake or do we witness something remarkable?

The Photoshop artisan than won the battle exploited precisely that theme. Jesus walking his pet German shepherd is not something you will ever come across while browsing illustrated Bibles.

Look, he even added ripples to make it obvious the two are not cheating by using ice as a substitute. We have a smart guy, one that apparently doesn’t fear retribution from the billions of believers he might have offended!

Can you imagine a dialogue between Jesus and his pet? “Who’s a good boy?”

11. Cat Sleeping In Tree Stump

It would be a shame if someone comes and ruins it for you. Well, a bunch of folks already did, and there is no way for you to avoid seeing it. Just go with the flow and accept that not everyone out there is a cat person!

IKEA management is mad with its designers. No one thought of this before, and now the competition has the upper hand, selling cat furniture at a pace that threatens to disrupt the industry.

Can you imagine the horrors of the manufacturing process? First, you have to remove the stump quietly without scaring the kitty away.

Second, you have to numb your heart. Every individual initially is born with a conscience, one that yells with all its strength that is not ok to embed a living cat into varnish.

Nevertheless, it feels good to serve your coffee in the morning from such an elegant table. And the best part is you don’t have to feed it.

12. Forced To Play Along

However, there was something special about the way Obama handed over the keys to Donald Trump. There were no smiles, and the tension made the atmosphere of the Oval Office unbreathable.

Good thing Photoshop artists didn’t bother too much with the political implications. They went straight to business, as usual, combining the shot with another pic that ravaged the Internet for some time.

The result is delicious. Obama and Trump are sharing the “Get Along Shirt,” marking what is probably the apex of photo manipulation.

It looked good enough for people to start collecting signatures for this kind of punishment to happen in real life. If misbehaving kids get to wear it, why shouldn’t we extend the practice at the highest of levels?

The White House turned into a circus with the Obama-Biden pair doing anything possible to appear as cool guys. Trump turned the page and welcomed Twitter-based buffoonery. They deserve the punishment!

14. Ridiculous Dog

When someone raised the bar with this dog making a silly face, most Photoshop enthusiasts gave up the fight.

The picture is hilarious as it is and any further editing might ruin its chemistry. Nevertheless, the promised knight came, wielding his mouse and keyboard and taming the pixels into something even better.

Skydiving works well to explain why the dog’s face went through such a bizarre shift from normal. We all know how our canine friends love to stick their heads out of the car’s window so it’s okay to assume free falling would thrill them.

Can you imagine doing a tandem with this guy, only to realize he had just chewed through the backup parachute?

15. Bear Wants In

People living in mountainous regions would rush to lock the doors after seeing this terrifying pic. Not our guy!

To win a Photoshop battle, you don’t have to fear to step outside the politically correct. Religious jokes work great, but only when they don’t offend people. Otherwise, they burn you at stake!

Can you guess what happened to the bear that once terrified the neighborhood? He put on a white shirt, a necktie, and signed up with the Jehova’s Witnesses.

“Sir, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord, Jesus Christ?” Although showing up more presentable than the average forest dweller, the beast still fails to have people greet him with an open door.

Poor Yogi doesn’t understand what he is doing wrong. His next gig would be a door-to-door salesperson. Wish him luck!

16. Cat Flowing Down

The higher than average temperatures of this summer triggered an alarming number of cats to melt right in front of their owners.

Most felines are boneless contortionists from fabrication, so when their body loses the solid aggregation form, gravitation steps in and flow occurs. As worrying as it might sound, the phenomenon triggered an avalanche of Internet reactions.

It’s not what you think. People were in indeed concerned, but their energies did not go in the direction of restoring cats to their solid state. No, sir! All they wanted was a Photoshop battle that would determine the best context for a melted cat.

The winner was obviously an art geek. His take on “The Persistence of Memory” would have impressed even the painter – Salvador Dali.

17. Aggressive Squirrel

Squirrels are abundant enough to make it easy for photographers to capture them in cute, silly, or even frightening stances.

Below is one squirrel that was caught in the middle of something other than a bizarre workout routine. The furry animal was angry for a good reason, and the ball was already in the air for Photoshop artisans to fight over it.

The best interpretation came from a fan of mixed martial art. UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) would be much better with oversized squirrels dominating the ring and brutalizing all human opponents.

Who wouldn’t want to see a furry fighter take the champion’s belt and put it on its white and soft belly? Sports commenters would call the next oponent– “a nut hard to crack.”